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    <title>article Restricted Edit of Hardware Version 10 VMs is now available with vSphere Client 5.5 U2 in VMware vCenter™ Documents</title>
    <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vCenter-Documents/Restricted-Edit-of-Hardware-Version-10-VMs-is-now-available-with/ta-p/2781250</link>
    <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 12pt 0; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Andalus, serif; color: #555555;"&gt;A virtual machine’s virtual hardware version defines the constraints around which physical resources can be presented and consumed by a VM. This value is expressed in a number of different ways: the virtual hardware version, the VM Version, a “vmx-#” value, or the compatibility version.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 12pt 0; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Andalus, serif; color: #555555;"&gt;For example, hardware version 10 VMs often show up as being compatible with “ESXi 5.5 and later (VM version 10)” in the vSphere Web Client’s summary tab. I’ve provided a sample screenshot below.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 0 0 1.25rem; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.vmwareminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/vmx-10.jpg" style="color: #467fc2;"&gt;&lt;IMG alt="vmx-10" class="wp-image-139 size-full aligncenter jiveImage" height="328" src="http://www.vmwareminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/vmx-10.jpg" style="border-color: #d2d2d2; margin: 3px auto 20px; padding: 8px; background-color: #f6f6f6;" width="363" /&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 12pt 0; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Andalus, serif; color: #555555;"&gt;You can’t easily work with VMs that are using this version unless you have access to the Web Client. If you ever find yourself in a situation where the Web Client is offline or so slow, you’re reduced to the legacy vSphere C# Client (the Windows vSphere Client that has been used for years, sometimes called the Thick Client). The vSphere Client cannot edit VMs using Hardware Version 10.&lt;IMG alt="Error while editing VM HW version 10 Machine." class="wp-image-141 size-full aligncenter jiveImage" height="197" src="http://www.vmwareminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/VM-error.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2d2; margin: 3px auto 20px; padding: 8px; background-color: #f6f6f6;" width="476" /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 12pt 0; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Andalus, serif; color: #555555;"&gt;Now move to the VMware website and search for the VMware vSphere Client 5.5 Update 2. Specifically &lt;EM&gt;VMware-viclient-all-5.5.0-1993072.exe&lt;/EM&gt; (build 1993072).&lt;A href="http://www.vmwareminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/viclient-download.jpg" style="color: #467fc2;"&gt;&lt;IMG alt="viclient download" class="wp-image-142 size-full aligncenter jiveImage" height="102" src="http://www.vmwareminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/viclient-download.jpg" style="border-color: #d2d2d2; margin: 3px auto 20px; padding: 8px; background-color: #f6f6f6;" width="1399" /&gt;&lt;/A&gt;This means that all infrastructure VMs that power your vSphere management should never been upgraded beyond Hardware Version 9. Until now. The vSphere Client bundled with ESXi 5.5 Update 2 is able to edit Hardware Version 10 VMs. You don’t even have to upgrade your hosts to ESXi 5.5 Update 2; &lt;STRONG&gt;you only need the updated vSphere Client. &lt;/STRONG&gt; After upgrading your VIclient when you try to edit that Hardware Version 10 machine, a different popup appears.&lt;A href="http://www.vmwareminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/restricted-edit.jpg" style="color: #467fc2;"&gt;&lt;IMG alt="restricted-edit" class="wp-image-143 size-full aligncenter jiveImage" height="215" src="http://www.vmwareminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/restricted-edit.jpg" style="border-color: #d2d2d2; margin: 3px auto 20px; padding: 8px; background-color: #f6f6f6;" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/A&gt;The vSphere Client is now exposing all Hardware Version 8 and below features, which is plenty to do some minor troubleshooting such as changing the network adapter, editing the vCPUs and memory, or edit a virtual hard drive.&lt;A href="http://www.vmwareminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Editing-Allowed.jpg" style="color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;IMG alt="Editing Allowed" class="size-full wp-image-144 aligncenter jiveImage" height="615" src="http://www.vmwareminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Editing-Allowed.jpg" style="border-color: #d2d2d2; margin: 3px auto 20px; padding: 8px; background-color: #f6f6f6;" width="698" /&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 12pt 0; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Andalus, serif; color: #555555;"&gt;Here is the screenshot which is showing its HW version and you can edit it via default vi Client.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2014 06:28:39 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>Anjani_Kumar</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2014-09-17T06:28:39Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Restricted Edit of Hardware Version 10 VMs is now available with vSphere Client 5.5 U2</title>
      <link>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vCenter-Documents/Restricted-Edit-of-Hardware-Version-10-VMs-is-now-available-with/ta-p/2781250</link>
      <description>&lt;HTML&gt;&lt;HEAD&gt;&lt;/HEAD&gt;&lt;BODY&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 12pt 0; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Andalus, serif; color: #555555;"&gt;A virtual machine’s virtual hardware version defines the constraints around which physical resources can be presented and consumed by a VM. This value is expressed in a number of different ways: the virtual hardware version, the VM Version, a “vmx-#” value, or the compatibility version.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 12pt 0; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Andalus, serif; color: #555555;"&gt;For example, hardware version 10 VMs often show up as being compatible with “ESXi 5.5 and later (VM version 10)” in the vSphere Web Client’s summary tab. I’ve provided a sample screenshot below.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 0 0 1.25rem; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.vmwareminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/vmx-10.jpg" style="color: #467fc2;"&gt;&lt;IMG alt="vmx-10" class="wp-image-139 size-full aligncenter jiveImage" height="328" src="http://www.vmwareminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/vmx-10.jpg" style="border-color: #d2d2d2; margin: 3px auto 20px; padding: 8px; background-color: #f6f6f6;" width="363" /&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 12pt 0; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Andalus, serif; color: #555555;"&gt;You can’t easily work with VMs that are using this version unless you have access to the Web Client. If you ever find yourself in a situation where the Web Client is offline or so slow, you’re reduced to the legacy vSphere C# Client (the Windows vSphere Client that has been used for years, sometimes called the Thick Client). The vSphere Client cannot edit VMs using Hardware Version 10.&lt;IMG alt="Error while editing VM HW version 10 Machine." class="wp-image-141 size-full aligncenter jiveImage" height="197" src="http://www.vmwareminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/VM-error.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2d2; margin: 3px auto 20px; padding: 8px; background-color: #f6f6f6;" width="476" /&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 12pt 0; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Andalus, serif; color: #555555;"&gt;Now move to the VMware website and search for the VMware vSphere Client 5.5 Update 2. Specifically &lt;EM&gt;VMware-viclient-all-5.5.0-1993072.exe&lt;/EM&gt; (build 1993072).&lt;A href="http://www.vmwareminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/viclient-download.jpg" style="color: #467fc2;"&gt;&lt;IMG alt="viclient download" class="wp-image-142 size-full aligncenter jiveImage" height="102" src="http://www.vmwareminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/viclient-download.jpg" style="border-color: #d2d2d2; margin: 3px auto 20px; padding: 8px; background-color: #f6f6f6;" width="1399" /&gt;&lt;/A&gt;This means that all infrastructure VMs that power your vSphere management should never been upgraded beyond Hardware Version 9. Until now. The vSphere Client bundled with ESXi 5.5 Update 2 is able to edit Hardware Version 10 VMs. You don’t even have to upgrade your hosts to ESXi 5.5 Update 2; &lt;STRONG&gt;you only need the updated vSphere Client. &lt;/STRONG&gt; After upgrading your VIclient when you try to edit that Hardware Version 10 machine, a different popup appears.&lt;A href="http://www.vmwareminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/restricted-edit.jpg" style="color: #467fc2;"&gt;&lt;IMG alt="restricted-edit" class="wp-image-143 size-full aligncenter jiveImage" height="215" src="http://www.vmwareminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/restricted-edit.jpg" style="border-color: #d2d2d2; margin: 3px auto 20px; padding: 8px; background-color: #f6f6f6;" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/A&gt;The vSphere Client is now exposing all Hardware Version 8 and below features, which is plenty to do some minor troubleshooting such as changing the network adapter, editing the vCPUs and memory, or edit a virtual hard drive.&lt;A href="http://www.vmwareminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Editing-Allowed.jpg" style="color: #000000;"&gt;&lt;IMG alt="Editing Allowed" class="size-full wp-image-144 aligncenter jiveImage" height="615" src="http://www.vmwareminds.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Editing-Allowed.jpg" style="border-color: #d2d2d2; margin: 3px auto 20px; padding: 8px; background-color: #f6f6f6;" width="698" /&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P style="margin: 12pt 0; color: #000000; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: white;"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Andalus, serif; color: #555555;"&gt;Here is the screenshot which is showing its HW version and you can edit it via default vi Client.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/BODY&gt;&lt;/HTML&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2014 06:28:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://communities.vmware.com/t5/VMware-vCenter-Documents/Restricted-Edit-of-Hardware-Version-10-VMs-is-now-available-with/ta-p/2781250</guid>
      <dc:creator>Anjani_Kumar</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2014-09-17T06:28:39Z</dc:date>
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